Hello all!I use splines to draw things on my computer. But I need to send these drawings as lines entities to a CN machine.So I use the explode command to pass from splines to polylines.But on Qcad 3.0 (final release), splines have very few entities, and as a result, the CN machine is lacking precision for the cutting.On Qcad 3.0RC releases, as well as Qcad 2, splines had far more entities when exploding splines.As an example, try this:

See how many entities there are? Do the same with 3.0RC5 and compare.I already searched how to tweak the spline tool script but no avail :/My question is : Is there a way to add a setting to configure the number of segments for splines, as there was on Qcad 2?Thank you for reading

1. Draw spline.2. Explode spline to Polyline.3. From Polyline tool-set, use 'Insert Node (OA) and insert extra nodes where you need them - you can insert to the middle between existing nodes!4. Then select all and explode again to break down into line segments or keep as a polyline with added nodes.

* This is obviously a long way/manual way of doing things but it may help for now.

Thank you clive for your reply and the opened feature request I understand your point about adding more segments between existing EndPoints.But please consider this drawing : tukuyomi.kuro-hitsuji.net/stuff/1.dxf.xzSplitting magenta segments is not enough, you have to somehow move the new point to match the red or green form.I searched a bit inside the dxf file; it seems that $SPLINESEGS is ignored from the Qcad 3.0 line

Yes I completely understand, I do a lot of laser cutting and the importance of absolute accuracy is vital in most/all jobs.Agreed there is a very big difference between the number of segments using version 2 and version 3 final (see snapshot).

I`m sure Andrew will 'pick' up on this and provide an answer/solution regarding the feature request:

Closed by Andrew (andrew)Monday, 01 October 2012, 20:52 GMT+2Reason for closing: ImplementedAdditional comments about closing: Splines are no longer visualized as interpolation in the current development version but as 'real' splines.The number of segments for exploding is now configurable. The same applies for ellipses.

A QCAD development snapshot with a configurable number of spline segments used when exploding splines has just been released.The number of line segments per spline segment when exploding a spline can be configured in the application preferences unter Modify - Explode.The number of arc segments per full ellipse when exploding ellipses can also be configured.